Super 8An odd mixture of good youth drama and mediocre action, with more than random resemblance with E.T. Easily worth it for Elle's fans.
Produced by Steven Spielberg, Super 8 has many similarities with E.T..
Taking place around the same time period as the earlier movie, the story
focuses on a group of early teenagers who are making a zombie movie, with a
little older Alice (Elle) playing the female of the cast. While shooting a
scene at a train stop, they end up witnessing a car driving to the tracks,
and crashing head-on into the train, resulting in an immense destruction. A
mysterious plot involving the military trying to hide something apparently
dangerous starts to uncover.
The whole gang after surviving the train crash Until this point, the movie is excellent. The kids are depicted with an
unusual warmth and depth, and it's easy to care about their lives. For me,
at least, the central tension is the promise of a relationship between
Alice and Joe, who takes care of make up. Starting to powder her, Joe
barely dares to touch the face of the beautiful girl. Thanks to the
sensitive performances of both, you feel the emotions one has in that age
and situation. A moment later, Alice's outstanding, teary acting – a type
of scene that shows Elle at her best – leaves all the boys speechless.
Toward the end the movie becomes increasingly action-heavy, which side
feels very disconnected, as if force-fitted into the story. A few times
while watching Elle's character I completely forgot the other side of the
movie even exists. It would have been better if it didn't.
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